Mechanisms of replication-deficient vaccinia virus/T7 RNA polymerase hybrid expression: Effect of T7 RNA polymerase levels and α-amanitin

Virology

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 331-339

  Engleka, Kurt A ^a,b   Lewis, Earl W ^a   Howard, Bruce H ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSLATION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANKARA; BRYOPHYTA; DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA; FELIS CATUS; RNA VIRUSES; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 0032502649     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9070     Document Type: Article

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